#40C6DB#40C6DB

#40C6DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40C6DB
RGB	rgb(64, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -28.93, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 35.69, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1002 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.116 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0891, 46.5885, 74.1473)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40C6DB #DB5540

analogous

#40DBA2 #40C6DB #4078DB

triadic

#40C6DB #DB40C6 #C6DB40

tetradic

#40C6DB #A240DB #DB5540 #78DB40

square

#40C6DB #A240DB #DB5540 #78DB40

split-complementary

#40C6DB #DB4078 #DBA240

monochromatic

#197887 #23A6BB #40C6DB #73D5E5 #A7E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#40C6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#40C6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40C6DB

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40C6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40C6DB	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40c6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7e6',
    500: '#40c6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40c6db;
$custom-light: #8ad7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40c6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.129,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76394,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40C6DB

secondary

#DCA49B

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #40C6DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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